Doodles Weaver (Winstead Sheffield Weaver) (born on
May 11,
1911) is an American comedy actor. He is well remembered for his frantic routine calling a horse race -- "It's girdle in the stretch! Locomotive is on the rail!" -- featuring his horse character Feitlebaum. He is the uncle of actress
Sigourney Weaver and brother of
NBC-TV executive Sylvester Weaver.
Quotation
- "The race is so exciting I'm tearing out my hair! My hair is getting thin! Well, who wants fat hair?"
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